Yesterday Bleeding Cool reported that Karl Urban (“Star Trek”, “Lord of the Rings”) was the front-runner to play the title role in the new Judge Dredd movie. A day later, IGN caught up with the actor at Comic-Con and Urban has confirmed that he is “in early talks” to take on the role.

The original report noted that one of the main provisions of the deal is that just like in the comic, Judge Dredd will not remove his helmet.